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Forums - Discs & Movies - Dallas Remake?!! You must be kidding!

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Robert Luketic is a smart fella. He can smell a phenomenal failure. After all, I am trying hard to think of a truly successful big screen remake of a television series other than Brian DePalma's "The Untouchables." The track record is a bit more successful for big screen versions of small screen franchises like "Star Trek" or "The X-Files."

The So-So:

Maverick S.W.A.T. The Brady Bunch Movie The Twilight Zone

The So-So Bad:

Bewitched Lost In Space The Honeymooners Beverly Hillbillies Dukes of Hazzard

If you really wanna get some big-time press for this flick you cast Alec Baldwin as J.R. and Kim Bassinger as Sue Ellen. The free publicity would be staggering. Then you cast John Travolta as Miss Ellie.

Director Robert Luketic has abruptly quit the big screen remake of the hit 1980s TV show Dallas, because he was unhappy with some of the casting choices. The Legally Blonde film-maker was set to start shooting in October And key cast members are still being finalized. Among those actors already on board to play members of the Ewing clan are John Travolta as JR, Jennifer Lopez as Sue Ellen, Luke Wilson as Bobby, and Shirley MacLaine as Miss Ellie. A source tells US magazine People that the director was unhappy with some of the studio's choices for the roles and decided to walk away from the film. No details were given regarding which stars the director objected to. Doctor Dolittle director Betty Thomas is being considered as a possible replacement for Luketic.

A big screen version of this night time soap might be fun, but with the exception of Travolta and Maclaine the announced casting is horrible. In a couple of years the goofballs who are putting this film together are going to wonder why it didn't do better. Simpson would take Lucy in a new direction. Bill Murray as Jock??? Gimme a break!